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August 18, 2010

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It may not seem possible that Washington could handle yet another Sunday show, but here it is: “Ideas in Action With Jim Glassman,” which launched on various PBS stations in February, will be coming to two public television stations in the District starting Sept. 5.

Glassman is a conservative journalist with a résumé touching on just about every Washington media property: former publisher of The New Republic, former president of Atlantic Media, former co-owner of Roll Call and former columnist for The Washington Post. He’s also hosted shows on PBS, CNN and POLITICO’s sister station, WJLA.

During the George W. Bush administration, he served as the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, and last year, he was named the founding executive director of the George W. Bush Institute.

That institute, part of the Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, is co-producing the show with Grace Creek Media.

The show will air at 9:30 a.m. on Howard University Television (WHUT Channel 32) and at 8:30 a.m. on Maryland Public Television (MPT).

Let's see: Politico is run by Mike Allen, a member of the Leftist group "JournoList", and Jim VandeHei, who used to work for Dem Senator Herb Kohl. Its writers include such JournoListers as Ben Smith and Laura "Republicans are Bozos" Rozen.
Why would anyone think this indicates a Liberal slant?

For those who want to check out episodes of Ideas in Action now, you can watch them on the web. I'd post the link, but it won't get through the spam filters here. If you search for Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman, it pops right up. You can also interact with the show on Twitter and on Facebook.